 Title page for Lucia's Progress (1935) | |
| Author | E. F. Benson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comic novel |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Publication date | 1935 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Preceded by | Mapp and Lucia |
| Followed by | Trouble for Lucia |
Lucia's Progress (published in the US as The Worshipful Lucia) is a 1935 comic novel written by E.F. Benson. It is the fifth of six novels in the popular Mapp and Lucia series, about idle women in the 1920s and their struggle for social dominance over their small communities. It continues the story from the 1931 novel Mapp and Lucia, which brought Emmeline "Lucia" Lucas and Georgie Pillson from Queen Lucia (1920) and Lucia in London (1927) together with Miss Elizabeth Mapp and her neighbours from Miss Mapp (1922).
In this novel, Mapp and Lucia continue their efforts to control social life in the quaint seaside town of Tilling. Lucia and Mapp both enter the world of high finance, and run for seats on the Borough Council. Major incidents include Lucia's excavation for Roman ruins in the garden of Mallards, Mapp's suggestion that she may be pregnant, and Lucia and Georgie's sexless marriage.[1]
- ^ Palmer, Geoffrey; Lloyd, Noel (1988). E.F. Benson, As He Was. Lennard Publishing. pp. 152–153. ISBN 978-1852910600. Retrieved 15 January 2023.